Twenty-five fabulous Back To School Lunch Ideas!

Hands up if you are looking forward to back to school?  I am totally ready to get back to a structured household - although our routine will be very different this year... no more sleeping in for me!  I am going to be volunteering for an hour every morning at Liam's school helping with the safe arrivals and attendance program and whatever else needs doing in the office!  What that translates to is that I am going to need to have everything ready to go the night before - including lunches for Liam, Robyn and Wayne and snacks for Erik and I, so I've started searching the internet already and have found some great lunch ideas that I'd love to share with you!

1. Tomato Mac & Cheese
2. Southwest Grilled Chicken and Corn Pasta Salad
3. PB&J Hummus
4. Tortilla Pinwheel Lollipops
5. Italian Egg Salad Sandwiches
6. Peachy Pecan Salad
7. Sunny Tuna Salad
8. Kid's Favorite Paninis
9. Veggie Roasted Tomato Grilled Cheese
10. Slow Roasted Tomato Hummus Veggie Wraps
11. Strawberry Muffins
12. Happy Lunch Rice Cakes
13. Shrimp Avocado and Pasta Salad
14. Creamy Avocado Quinoa
15. Peanut Butter Chicken Nuggets
16. Loaded Veggie Quinoa Sliders
17. Vegetarian Beans and Rice
18. Sandwich Kabobs
19. Whole Wheat Pretzel Dogs
20. Chicken and Apple Balls with BBQ Dip
21. Pizza Balls
22. Cheese Quesadillas
23. Colorful Tortilla Roll-Ups
24. Savory Appl and Cheddar Waffle Sandwich
25. Waldorf Chicken Salad

Please consider pinning or sharing if you find something you like!

MMMmonday - Back to School Lunch ideas

I was having a conversation with one of my MOMS Club friends about mixing up the ideas for school lunches and I thought I'd share a couple of our favorite recipes and ask you to also share your back to school recipe ideas!


One of the things that I love to do is to make wraps - they seem to travel better than traditional sandwiches and they're so versatile!


Veggie and Hummus Roll-up (per sandwich)


1 6 inch flour tortilla or flatbread
1 tbsp hummus
1small handful baby spinach or your favorite lettuce
1/4 tomato, chopped (or sun-dried tomatoes if you prefer)
a few pieces of julianned carrots


Spread the hummus over the tortilla.  Add the veggies and roll!  


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Cantaloupe and Turkey Roll-up (per sandwich)


1 6 inch  flour tortilla or flatbread
1 tbsp horseradish mayo (can substitute creamy ceasar dressing or just plain mayo, sour cream etc)
1 wedge of skinned and seeded cantaloupe
1small handful baby spinach or your favorite lettuce
1 or 2 slices of roasted turkey deli meat, or chopped leftover turkey


Spread mayo over tortilla, add lettuce then turkey and finally top with wedge of cantaloupe.  Roll and enjoy!


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Peanut Butter and Banana Wheels (makes enough for 2 kids lunches)


My mother calls these ones bereavement sandwiches because she's always asked to contribute them when we have pot-luck somber occasions, but if you can take peanut butter to school, this is a yummy way to do it.


1 rectangular style flatbread
2-3 tbsp peanut butter (I like my peanut butter thick!)
1 medium banana


Spread the peanut butter onto the flatbread, place the banana at one end and roll.  Cut roll into 1cm slices and yum!




What do you put in your kids lunch that's interesting?


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